Hydride heat pump with heat regenerator

Patent · Tue Aug 27 04:00:00 EDT 1991

OSTI ID:5554740

Jones, J A

This patent describes a regenerative temperature hydride heat pump process for cooling a chamber. It comprises confining a first hydride in a plurality of first reaction zones and maintaining the temperature thereof in a first temperature range, the number of first reaction zones being at least four; introducing hydrogen gas from a source of hydrogen gas into a predetermined one of the first reaction zones and sorbing the hydrogen gas on the first hydride therein; desorbing hydrogen gas from the first hydride in another predetermined one of the first reaction zones and removing the desorbed hydrogen gas therefrom; transferring heat between the first reaction zones by circulating a first heat transfer fluid in series flow around a loop of the first reaction zones, thereby regenerating heat, while preventing the first heat transfer fluid from directly contacting the first hydride; transferring heat from the predetermined one of the first reaction zones recited in step (b) to the environment; transferring heat from a chamber to the another predetermined one of the first reaction zones recited in step (c) thereby aiding the desorption of the first hydride therein; confining a second hydride in a plurality of second reaction zones and maintaining the temperatures thereof in a second temperature range which is higher than the first temperature range recited in step (a), the number of second reaction zones being equal to the number of first reaction zones.

• Assignee: California Inst. of Technology, Pasadina, CA (United States)
• Patent Number(s): A; US 5042259
• Application Number: PPN: US 7-598505
• OSTI ID: 5554740
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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42 ENGINEERING
420400 -- Engineering-- Heat Transfer & Fluid Flow
CHEMICAL HEAT PUMPS
COMBUSTION CHAMBERS
COOLING SYSTEMS
DESIGN
ENERGY STORAGE
ENERGY TRANSFER
HEAT PUMPS
HEAT STORAGE
HEAT TRANSFER
HYDRIDES
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
HYDROGEN STORAGE
STORAGE
THERMOCHEMICAL HEAT STORAGE
THERMODYNAMIC CYCLES